The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

'CA, (From the limes Correspoi;dent.) NEW YORK, May 27. The half truths conveyed in Mr. Stanton's official telegrams from Washington and the gross exagge rations or wilful falsehoods o f the non-ofdcial despatches that daily pour into New York from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington are so unsatisfactory in the one case anal so deceitful in the other that people have censed to believe either in victory or defeat until the full circum stances are detailed in the regular correspondence of the newspapers. Thus, on Wednesday, after the departure of the European steamer, no on .e be lieved on telegraphic authority that Grant had stolen a march upon Lee, outflanked his army, and compelled him to make a disastrous retreat upon Richmond ; though these assertions were made in extra editions of most of the morning and evening journals, and were vociferated through the streets by the stentorian newsboys whom Ireland furnishes to America in never-failing numbers. Yesterday the facts became somewhat less confused, and today the public learns that, although Lee has abandoned Spottsylvania Court-house, it was net because of any movement Grar t had made to compel him to do so ; that the Sout hero army had been falling back to the stronger lilies between the North and South Anna for 24 hears before Grant was aware of Lee's strategy; tht,t Grant followed, b u t was compelled by the utter e xhaustion of his troops to give them a day's rest midway between Lee's old and new positions ; that Lee will fight in the place he has chosen ; that he has been reinforced both by Beauregard and Breckenteeige; and that if defeated, or compelled to retire towards Richmond, he will still have the means to con test the ground in a long series of battle-fields, oefort: finally intrenching him self in the Confederate capital, whereas Grant, if de feated, will run the risk of seeing himself cut off from his communications with Washington, if he do not make hi s escape b y his gunboats, or be otherwise placed in a precarious or untenable posie tion. Sucb, shorn of all subterfuge and mystifica tion, appeared to be the state of affairs up to a late hour this evening. During the whole of y esterday a violent storm of wind and rain raged in this city, and as it C.ITC upon us from the south, and pro bably extended to Virginia, Grant may have found it expedient to extend his period of repose, from the sheer impossibility of advancing through the mud. That such is Mr. Stanton's belief is CN ident from his latest despatches, in which be informs the public that two or three days will elapse before any further news can be expected from the Army of the Potomac. It is declared by the Government—and there is every reason to believe the statement to be true— that Grant's army at this moment, when it is about to enter upon its second series of battles, is as strong and efficient as when it crossed the Rapidan on the 2d instant; that, whatever the number of killed, wounded, end missing may be in the bloody battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, the number has been supplied by reinforcements. But as no account has ever yet been pub lished of the exact numerical force of the Army of the Potomac when it commenced this critical campaign, the following estimate, derived from an authority not likely to be misinformed or self-deceived, may be found of interest. It may at the same time be depended upon as being us nearly accurate as it is possible to make it :—The main army on the 2d inst. was composed of 218,000 men, of whom more than half were veteran soldiers, in a high state of discipline and efficiency, and the remainder new and comparatively raw recruits, most of whom had never been under fire. To these are to be added 18,000 negroes, attached to Burn. side's command, and 10,003 other negroes perform ing camp duty, bn thoroughly armed and equinped. Butler's corps, operating from the Peninsula, and now all but hopelessly imprisoned in intrenchments of his own rearing, numbered 35,000 men, both white and black. Sigel's corps, constituting the ex treme right wing of Grant's army, operating in the valley of the Shenandoah, was 30,000 strong ; and the cavalry, under Kantz, Sheridan, and others en gaged in raids in the rear of the Confederates, cut ting the railroads, and doing other damage to the communications of Gen. Lee with his bases of sup. ply, numbered about 10,000. These various items, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, and every arm known to military duty, made a grand total a 321,000 men. The Confederate force opposed to this mighty host is not believed by those best aupointed with the resources of the South to amount to more than 170,000 men. Some estimates piece the number at ices than 100,000. Those who believe the higher number to be correct consider that Lee's main army is 115,000 strong; that Beauregard's command is 50,000, and Inaboden's cavalry 5,000. This force, though inferior in number to Grant's, would be amply sufficient, considering its moral strength, as well as its superior knowledge of the ground, and, without disparagement of Grant's abilities, its supe rior generalship, not only to hold its own, but to gain the victory outside the walls of Richmond. The amount of the slain in the battles that commenced on the sth, and ended for a while on the 15th, will probably never be known, but that the statement current last week, and for the publi cation of which the Baltimore Transcript was sup pressed, that the total losses were not far short of 70,000, was not much if at all exaggerated may be surmised from the following authentic figures, made up to the 16th of this month, when the army rested from its labours, and its commander took advan- tage of the state of the roads to recruit. On tha day the number of wounded left under treatment al the temporary hospitals of The Wilderness and Chancallorsville was.... 2,100 At Fredericksburg:, where every house, as well as the pathways of the streets were fu11.... 12,250 At Alexandria 2,000 At Washington A . 12,150 t Georgeto wn At Baltimor e and o ........ „ ther cities northward 3,500 Total wounded 33,800 To these have to b e added the prisoners— amounting to about 5 ,000 — and the stragglers and deserters, probably to as many mare. Adding all these together, the total loss to th e main army of the Potomac, exclusive of the slain, Will amount to 43,800. Wh a t the losses of Butler in the peninsulaand Sigel in th e Shenandoah Valley Were in kill ed, Wounded, and missing have cot been so closely esti mated; hat it is conjectured that Butler's Were about 8,000 and Sigel's 5,000, which if correct Would sum up the whele loss, exclusive of the slain, t o upwards of 56,000 men. From the obstinacy of the battles and from the spirit of both armies it is probable that the losses sustained by the Confederates were proportionately as large as those of the Federals. It is equally probable that in the conflict about to be renewed the massacre inflicted by each army upon the other will be as savage as before, and that Grant will neither over. whelm L(e, nor Lee Grant, until 150,000 shall have been killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. But fright ful as this estimate is. no one in New 'fork seems to be in the least astonished or shocked by it —not even the preachers of the Gospel of Peace, or the tenderhearted ladies who preside at sanitary fairs. There appears to be a horrible fascination to the mind of the Americans in the thought of the multi tudes who have perished, and mast yet perish, before peace can be restored, if one may judge by the reckless nonchalance with which the slaughter under Grant is universally spoken of. That such holocausts of slain are possible is considered as in some sort a proof of th© greatness of the people, and of their i n fi n i te superiority to any other in th e world. "The greater the debt, the great e r th e staughter, the greater th e fierceness of the contend ing hosts, the gre a t er i s our greet country, Sir —a co untry that can afford to lose a million of men and never feel the loss, Sir ; an d to owe four thousand millions of dollars and b e none the worse, Sir ; a country, Sir, that will be reuni te d without a slave in it, Sir ; and that will send General Lee to drive. the French and the Emperor MaximAlian cut cf Mexico i n less than six months, Sir ; and that will send General Grant to Montreal and Quebec and annex "the whole of British North America, just as soon as it la convenient —may be in three months, Sir ; and that is destined, by the bles3ing of the Lord, THE CIV. Sir, to whip all creation." Such is the talk of thousands of New York heroes who have never smelt powder, except on the 4th of July; and such, with scarcely a change of phraseology, is the staple of hundreds of leading articles in hundreds of news papers throughout the North. This may be indemi. table resolution, or the heroism that knows no such word as " fail," or it may be mere brag and bravado, born of conceit and emptiness ; but it looks, to eyes that are not American, uncommonly like the pride which we are told, on the highest authority, goes before destruction, and the haughty spirit that precedes a fall. Mr. Lincoln's friends will not permit the deeds of the army wholly to divert the minds of the public from the Presidential election of November, and are taking every possible means to procure his nominaa tiort as the candidate of the Republicans, at the great Convention of the party which is to assemble on the ith of June at Baltimore. Every State in the Union is busy choosing ita delegates to that body, and some States not in the Union will be as fully represented as those that are. Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and North and South Carolina, claim to be present. Tile two Carolinas have already chosen their representa tives ; and as both of these States are in Confe. derate possession, except a few corners on the sea board, where the Federal armies and gun boats have effected a military occupation, the Federal army and navy, together with the camp followers, black and white, have constituted themselves into State Conventions, organised meetings, drawn up resolutions, carried them in. the most approved fashion, and duly instructed the delegates so named to vote for Abraham Lincoln, and for none but him, at Baltimore. It is expected that upwards of 1,500 delegates will assemble, and that Mr. Lincoln's nomination is assured. It is not likely, however, that this result will be attained at Baltimore without a split in the party, and exceed ingly probable that the largest and most energetic section will muster strongly at Cleveland, and nominate either Gen. Fremont or Mr. Chase. The schism is keenly watched by the Democrats, who, if they keep well together, and agree upon one can • didate, have a very good chance of winning the day by the weakness and divisions of their opponents. All doubt of the willingness of Governor Sey mour to try conclusions with the Government on its right to supersede the law and the constitution of the State of New York has been removed by the publication of this letter to Mr. Oakley Hall, the district attorney of the county. The Governor affirms that "if" the offices of Journal of Commerce and the World were entered by armed men, the property seized and held by violence for several days with out due legal process and without the sanction of State cr national laws, the offenders must be pun ished. He directs the public prosecutor to look into the facts, and, if they be as stated, to prosecute the parties implicated, and to call upon the sheriff of the county and the heads of the police for any force or assistance he may need. Jt is to be regretted that Mr. Seymour did not confine himself to these in structions, and refrain from following them up by a long, vague, and rhetorical disquisition, fit only to be spoken in a debating society, upon the bless. ings of liberty and the evils of arbitrary power. " For more than 80 years," says the Governor, " we as a people have been engaged in building up a universal faith in the sanctity of our jurispru dence. It is this which carries our commerce upon every ocean, and brings back to our merchants the wealth of every clime. In utter disregard of the sensitiveness of that faith at the moment when the national credit is undergoing a fearful trial, the organs of commerce are seized and held in violation cf constitutional pledges by military force and arbitrary orders. These things," he adds, are more hurtful to the national honour and strength than the loss of battles. The world would confound such acts with the principles of our Government, and the follies and crimes of officials will be looked upon as the natural result of the spirit of our in stitutions. Our State and local authorities must repel this ruinous inference. If the merchants of New York are not willing :to have their harbour sealed up and their commerce paralysed, they must unite in this demand for the security of persons and property. If this is not done, the world will withdraw from their keeping its treasures and its commerce." Such phrases in a speech at a public meeting of sympathising Demo• crate, or in the mouth of Mr. Oakey Hall, when arguing before the court on the necessity of ceiling General Dix to account for his actions, would be unobjectionable, if not wholly pertinent; but in an official notification to legal functionaries, who ought to be supposed to need no lecture from the Governor or any one else, on such a subject, they suggest buncombe and not business. The merchants of New York, instead of being convinced by the rea soning, have very generally laughed at it; while others, not merchants, who know the full impor• twice of the question, have a misgiving that the Governor's courage will never take any other shape than brave words ; that he will bark, but not bite; and that nothing will come of Mr. Oakey Hall's in vestigations. It is possible, however, that such persons do the Governor injustice, and that he really means to force a decision from the State Courts on Mr. Lincoln's right to suppress a newspaper, either temporarily or permanently. It is obviously his duty to do so, irrespective of consequences. If his purpose should be de feated by the apathy of the people or their ac quiescence in wrong, by the timidity or ve nality of the Courts, or by the general belief that, although Mr. Lincoln may have usurped powers not belonging to him, it is better in a time of war to submit to encroachment than to weaken the hands of the Executive —the disgrace will not attach to his name. It seems clear, however, that if the Governor should zealously pursue this course he will have no great amount of popular sympathy to sustain him. The people have temporarily, per haps permanently, lost their love of liberty. War, paper money, and a lavish expenditure, have demo ralised them. An all-pervading thirst of public plunder leaves no room in their hearts for the nobler feelings that created and can alone maintain their Republican Government. Even the House of Representatives, where, if anywhere, some form of protest against the arbitrary action of the President should have found an expression, refused to con sider the matter, or listen to a speech on a motion , for inquiry. STATE OF TRADE, CARDIrv, June B.—Tho demand for coal is rather less than has been the case lately, although prices are firmly maintained —double -screened steam being 11s to Ils Gd per ton, f ree - on-board. The iron trade is unsettled. Bars are quoted at £7 lOs ; Scotch warrants, 59s 3d cash, and 60 s 6 d open, The freights to the Mediterranean continue to increase, and the present quotations are some of the highest which have ever been asked. LEICESTER, Bth.--There is a steady increase in the amount ofoods business continu e in doing i the ho s i ery trade. Both plain and fancy ge de mand, and th e tra d e generally is in a healthy condition. At Hinckley and Loughboro ug h b us i ness is quiet. The wool-market is rather easy, but still high prices are given. Yarn s are very firm, and spinners ed, prices ruli ng extremely high. There and a sli g h t improve in the There is a f a i r amount of business are N e nooT wellT I stocks e N m a p ii l A o o:f I , h s o t s h i e . r — y on h an d . are in f a i r i nquiry, but ment has taken place demand for bl ack silk lace and doing in silk Meeh l l i in ee s h a i n in g d quillings are , narrow edgings. ~ other kinds of cotton goods are a slow sale. In plain founda tion nets there is no improvement. An descriptions of both silk and cotton goods are light in stock, There has been some home and foreign buyers in the market this week, but their purchase, except for silk quillings and Mechlins, are not large. The hosiery trade is quiet, both as respects the home and export trade. Yarns hold firm. PRIZE DESIGNS.—" As affording the most striking con trast, Mr. Benson shows with these a fresh exhibition of modern watches, with cases made from prize designs at the South Eiensinxton 31iteum, some of which ars fine specimens of engraving."—Times, Sept. 15, 1552. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Outward Sores.— Daily experience confirms the fact, which has triumphed over opposition for 30 yeare, that no means are known equal to Holloway's remedies for curing bad legs, sores, wounds, dinases of the skin, erysipelas, ab • scsses, burns, scalds, end, in truth, all cases where the skin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, or the compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found in Holloway's ointment and pills, which heal the sores and expel th e i r cause. In the 'very w3rst cases thi s eou?temr d ent ha s succeeded in effecting a perfect cure after every t e h s t ,p e laanyB i h ts a( v i i f r a t i u le e. d e of givin g any re li e f. D esperate cases SPORT: :GENCE, the running, with Koenig on the opposite side second, and the Blooming Heather filly and Scylla next, the last two being closely prtssed by Arkansas and Reginella. On reach ing the stand Tennyson had disposed of his horses, and came on alone, and won very easily by a length, three lengths separating the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth; La Fortune fifth, Arkansas sixth, and King of Greece next, the last two being Velocity and Night Watch, ASCOT RACES.—WEDNESDAY. We did not think when despatching our parcel from ;the course yesterday afternoon that we should have to en counter the terrible scene which met us at Egham station on our journey up to town. It was a sad termination to a day's pleasure, the sight of pain and misery that it was impossible to alleviate, and produced an universal feeling of indignation at the'gross and apparently unaccountable care lessnees by which the accident was caused, This is not the place, however, to discuss a subject which will have to undergo searching investigation at the proper tribunal, .We took occasion to remark yesterday on the tedious delay that occurred in the racing, and what we must consider the injudicious crowding of the card. It should be known that the railway authorities have often expressed their fears that from the heavy pressure laid upon their resources, owing to the needlessly late hour at which the races terminate, some dreadful accident would some day take place. This morning there were but few traces of the event ; the ladies were gay and smiling, and the gentlemen pursued their business avocations with as much zest as ever. The Visitors' Plato commanded little interest, and the same may be said of the Coronation and Derby Stakes that succeeded it. Nothing but the Hunt Cup goes down on the Wednesday, and speculation was busy on that, and that alone. Evelina was made first favourite, Beverley and Olivia being the only others at all in demand, though, of course, with such a field many long shots, which found ready takers, were made at outsiders. The result produced that disagreeable thing, "an objection," owing to the alleged foul riding of the jockey of the winner, Gem of the Sea, the fact being that both he and Crisis repeatedly " cannoned" against each other from sheer distress, and in that light we presume the Stewards viewed it, for the race was awarded to Mr Longfield's horse. There was the usual large field, but not the usual amount of false starts, Mr M'George despatching them at the first attempt. The trophy this year, from a design of Mr. A J. Barrett and the manufactory of Hunt and Roskell, is a chased silver tazza, surmounted by a group of stags, and has a simplicity about it rather taking. The Twelfth Ascot Triennial brought out a very warm favourite from the Danebury stable in the Duke of Beau fort's Ksenig, but good-looking colt though he was, "public form" vindicated itself in Tennyson, who appeared to have the race in hand from the start. The Three-year-old Bien ' nial produced a good race between the stable companions Baragah and Hollyfox, the former staying the longest and winning by half a length. The racing finished in a little better time than yesterday, but still three-quarters of an hour overdue. The Visitors' Plate of 100 Boys and 25 for the second horse (handicap). Once round and a distance. 19 subs. Mr Joyce's Jessie, 3 yrs, Est 71b .... Mr H. Wilkinson's Oldminster, 6 yrs, Bst 101b(Aldcroft) 2 Mr. 11. Savile's Privateer, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Morgan) 3 The following also ran :—Bellman, Dunkeld, Amy, Bri tish Prince, Triumpher, Verger, and Netherdale. Betting-3 to 1 eget Privateer, 4to 1 agst Dunkeld, b to 1 each agst Bellman and Jessie, and 7 to 1 agst Old minster, At the second attempt the lot were despatched in close company, British Prince, next the rails, having a trifle the best of the start, followed in the centre by Netherdale, Dunkeld, and Triumpher, close in whose track came Bell man and Privateer, Jessie and Oldminster acting as whippers-in. Rounding the top turn Privateer and Ver ger drew towards their horses, and as they descended the Swinley-hill they became third and fourth, which position they retained to the Brick Kilns, where they were joined by Jessie, Verger, and Bellman. The leading division ran iu a body to the turn into the straight, where British Prince beat a retreat, and his place was taken for a few strides by Bellman, who was then headed by Dunkeld, who came on with a slight lead to the Old Stand, where Jessie headed him, and with Oldminster and Privateer, finished a fine race home, Grimshaw defeating Aldcroft's splendid rush in the last stride by half a length; two lengths between the second and third; Verger was fourth, Bellman fifth, Dunkeld sixth, and Triumpher seventh; Netherdale, British Prince, and Amy were the last three. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sous each, h f, for 3-yr-old fillies, Sat 101 b each. Winners extra. Maidens allowed 71b extra. One mile. 27 subs. Baron Rothechild's Breeze, Bst 1016 (Wells) 1 Lord Exeter's Auricula, Set 31b J. Adams) 2 Mr Henry' s R ouge C ross, B at 101 b ............ (Goatee) 3 The following also ran :—Menace, Merry Wife, and Gazza Ladra. Betting-5 to 2on Breeze, and 7to 1 agst Merry Wife. Gazza Ladra, with a slight lead of Merry Wife, made play to the road, when the pair joined, and in company round the bend into the straight, where the favourite joined them, and on reaching the distance came away and won in a canter by a length and a half, Auricula defeating Rouge Cross by three lengths for second. The others beaten off. The Ascot Derby Stakes of 59 sous each, h:ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib, and fillies Bst 61b. 'Winners extra, Maidens allowed 71b. Swinley course. 19 subs. Mr Alexander's Peon, Bst 316 (E. Sharp y ) 1 Baron Roth s child' s C a li sta colt, Bst 31b (Dale) 2 Lord Stamford's Alph eus, B st 10lb (Perry) 3 Myrtilus also r an . Betting-6 to 4 agat the Calista colt, 2to 1 agst Alpheus, 4 to 1 agst Peon, and 6 to 1 agst Myrtiius. Myrtilus cat out the work at a slow pace, attended by the Calista colt and Alpheus, Peon laying off. In this order they rim until three quarters of a mile from home, where Calista colt dropped back, Myrtilus still going, on with the running, until reaching the distance, where the three placed raced home together, Peon, who waited until opposite the stand, winning a good race by a head; Al. pheus a bad third. The Royal blunt Cup, a piece of plate value 200 BOW, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; for all ages (2-yr-olds excepted) ; winners extra. New mile. 92 subs. Mr Longfield's Gem of the Sea, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr M (H. Grimshaw) lerry's Crisis, 3 y rs, E st 2 lb (G. Sopp) 2 Baron Roth sc hild' s Evelina, 3 yrs, 6st (Carroll) 3 Mr Morris's B a lh am, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b cf. French) 4 The followi ng a l so ran :—Saccharometer, Vivid, Judex, Exchequer, Cadiz, Fiancee, Tattoo, Columbia, Welcome, Crochet horse, Gardener, Beverley, Trumps, Birdfinder, Turcos, Lustre, Canzonetto, Greenland, Oberon, Sequence, Mail Train, Amelia, Odine, Iphigenia, Sheridan, Castle Espie, Olivia, Lytham, Clairvoyant°, and Bold Houghton. Betting-7 to 2 agst Evelina, Sto 1 each agst Olivia and Beverley, 12 to 1 each agat Turcos and Amelia, 100 to 8 agst Exchequer, 20 to 1 each agst Birdfinder and Gem of the Sea, 25 to 1 each agst Trumps, Saccharometer, and Cadiz, 33 to 1 each agst Vivid and Gardener, 40 to 1 each agst Odine, Lustre, and Oberon ; 50 to 1 each agst Sheri• dan, Clairvoyante, and Sequence, To the no little gratification of the spectators, Mr M'George, seizing upon the first opportunity of getting his horses together, lowered his flees, and the 34 competitors left the poet in a compact body, their colours as they came over the hill blazing under a brilliant sun. Oa reaching its summit, Clairvoyance on the far side was observed in the van closely followed on the same side by Evelina, Odine, Amelia, Trumps, Exchequer, and Lustre, and in the centre of the course by Gem of the Sea, Crisis, Saccharometer, Balharn, and Sheridan ; the next division, who were widely spread as they crossed the road, being brought up by Vivid, Canzonette, Tattoo, Gardener, and Turcos. As near as we could make out, the leading division retained the positions we have assigned them until half -way up the hill, where the ranks were thinned by the retirement of Amelia, who, despite the bottle of whisky administered to her prior to starting, shut up like a coward when awakening from its effects, and was followed in succession by Clairvoyante, Saccharometer, Odine, and Lustre, which left the Baron's filly with a slight lead. Before, however, they reached the enclosure, she was headed by Gem of the Sea and Crisis, who singled them selves out in reaching the Stand, but being much distressed they repeatedly cannoned prior to reaching the chair, Gem of the Sea, however, passed the judge a neck in advance of Crisis, who was three lengths before the favourite, who finished a head in front of Balham, Clairvoyante fifth, Ex chequer sixth, Gardener seventh, Birdfinder eighth, with Amelia, Odine, and Olivia next, close up, a wide interval separating these from the pulling-up horses, the last of whom were Lytham, Cadiz, Sequence, Saccharometer, Beverley, and Judex. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 3- yr•olds and upwards; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 200 sot's. T.Y.C. 10 subs, Mr W. Nelson's Gamecock, 6 yrs. Bst 9lb .... (Cowley) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Deception, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Goatee) 2 Mr Hodgman's llawkshaw, 3 yrs, ist 121 b.... (Perry) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Coeur de Leon, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b _ (Morgan) 4 Mr Trench's Lapidist, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Challoner) 5 Mr Parker's Divertissement (sr, to Farce), 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Adams) 6 Betting-7 to 4on Deception, sto 1 agst Lapidist, and 8 to 1 agst Gamecock. Gamecock in the centre made play, having the favourite on his left and Hawkshaw on the whip hand to the stand, where he quitted his horses without an effort, and won very easily by a length; half a length between the second and third. Coeur de Leon was a bad fourth, Lapidist fifth, and Divertissement last, beaten off. The winner was claimed by Lord Westmoraland. The Second Y3ar of the Sixth Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds, colts, S t 101 b, and fillies, Bst 61b. The owner of the second horse to receive 25 sous, out of the stakes. Old mile. 68 subs. Mr Bowes's Baragah, Bst 101 b (Ashmall) 1 Mr T. Valentines Hollyf ox, B st 101 b (T. French) 2 Baron Rothsctild's b f Tomato. Bst 61b.... (J. Osborne) 3 Mr Saville's Guerilla,. Bst 101 b (Ald croft) 4 Mr W. Day's Historian, Bst 101 b (Goater) 5 Mr E. Brayle3' s Outlaw, B s t 101 b .. (Cowley) 6 tti to 4 agst T omato, 2 to 1 agst Baragah, and 100 8 t e o3 n O g a — g 7 st Historian. Outlaw made play to the turn, when he dropped back, and Hollyfox came on with a slight lead of Baragah and Tomato—the three ran abreast from this point to 013 lower end of the enclosure where the Baron's filly was disvpied of, and Baragah, taking a clear lead, won cleverly by haf a length. Tomato finished a bad third. The others beaten off. On returning to scale an objection was made by Mr Merry to the winner, upon the ground of the foul riding of Grim shaw, which, after investigation by the stewards, was over ruled, and the Cup was awarded to Mr Longfield. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds, 7st 2lb ; and three, 9st ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. 26 subs. Marquis of Hastings' Attraction, 3 yrs, Bst lllb (Alderoft) IMr Savile's La Meehante, 2 yrs, fist 131 b .... (Morgan) 2 Mr Merry's Meastissima filly, 2 yrs, 6st 131 b (11. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Crytheia, Vision, Brioche, Linda, Faith, and Durham. Betting -3 to 1 apt Vision, 4to 1 each agst La Mechante and Attraction, 5 to 1 agst Crytheia, 10 to 1 agst Linda, and 100 to 8 each agst Mcustissima filly and Brioche. A long delay at the post wusoccasioned by Vision and the Frenchman breaking away twice in succession. In the latter Brioche turned towards the Swing Course, and was not stopped until he reached the foot of the hill. At starting Crytheia was the first away, but was immediately headed by Attraction, who, in company with Mr Savice's filly, came on in advance, and won very easily by four lengths ; a like distance separated the second and third ; Durham was fourth, Vision and Crytheia, side by side, finished fifth and sixth; Faith next, and Brioche last. The First Year of the Twelfth Ascot Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, vvithloo added, for 2-yr-olds; colts Sst lib; fillies, Bst 411); the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per sent, on the whole stake, and the third to save his stake. T.Y.C. 52 subs. Lord Coventry's Tennyso n , Bst 101 b .... (T. Duke of Beaufort's liccnig, Bst 101 b • •„. •. ... (F• ArIP• " 0 " 1s Baron Roth se hild' s Bloooming Heather . ,i,„,) -1, Sst 41b Mr I'. Valentino's Reginella, 41b Todleben, Elaino, King of Oro' (Daley) 3 Cc, Velocity, La Fortune, Arkansas, Night Watch, and Se "Cc, ...... (T. French) 4 Betting— 7 to 4 on Kosnig, 4 to la also ran ' 8 to 1 each agst T ennyson and 810 1 agst La Fortun e , an d After 'lnning a f ew strides, Ten bming Heather filly, Olysou on the right made SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1864 • •••111. I would contribute to improve the breed, becatln man can do in the shape of expense to produce the best animal is already effected. It is not to be supposed that a sane person will risk a horse worth £3,000 to run four miles under heavy weight for a miserable prize of £lOO ; such a donation may be a premium for hunting hacks, but not for the original intention of encouraging first class racehorses. Irish Queen's Plates, for the honour of the old country, must be open to the world. No man would send a horse worth £6OO across the water for such paltry prizes. The predilection for heavy weights and long courses, under the impression that by this system you would add to the vigour of the stallion or to the superior fecundity of the mare, is to me a mystery. A racehorse which can run three miles is worth three thousand pounds —a half-mile horse's value is one hundred, which is a sufficient bribe to exercise our ingenuity to produce stout runners. The idea that handicaps are injurious to racing is owing to a want of common sense. How can handicaps deteriorate the breed of horses ? Racing is a game of weights, which will equalize the speed of the hare to the tortoise; no person takes an interest in seeing a good horse gallop away from a notorious jade, but a certain difference of weight converts the result into a problem often difficult to solve. All games aro handicapped when there is an acknowledged superio rity. Chess, billiards, pigeon shooting, pedestrianism—it neither injures the players, the shooting, or the speed of the man. Handicapping may be an inducement to fraud and an en couragement to gamble, but it is incorporated into the racing system, it keeps numerous horses in training, giving wages and employment to thousands, amusements to the million, and augments the value of horses to the benefit of the breeders. The destruction of horses is owing to early training, a system based on commercial calculation ; " wanted quick returns to pay an ugly training bill." What we require is a National Prize of £5,000, to be run for by four-year-olds and upwards, three miles; which might induce horse-owners to show more mercy to the young horses ; but no interference or restrictions, which are as injurious to the turf as they are to trade and commerce.— Yours, Ecc,, H. J. Rous. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—June 8, (Before the Assistant-Judge) Jane Wise, 29, and Sarah Johnson, 26, were indicted for stealing 120 yards of silk, value £lB, the property of Alfred Hayman and others. Mr Abram prosecuted; Mr Holdsworth defended the prisoners, From the evidence it appeared that prosecutor keeps a linendraper's shop in Sloane-street, and on the afternoon of the 25th May the prisoners entered the shop and asked to look at some sareenet. They were asked to walk up the shop near a recess in which the silk goods were kept. One of the prisoners took a chair and placed it near to where the silk was, but a shopman removed it further away lower down the shop. The shopman went down the shop, when Wise took advantage of his absence to put her chair back again, They purchased some articles that came to 4s 9d, and then asked to look at some ruche trimming, When the shopman was gone to get the trimming another shop man, whose suspicions were excited, watched them, and distinctly saw Johnson rise from her scat, take up five pieces of silk and put them under her cloak, They were then about leaving the shop, but near the door they stopped to look at some parasols, when the rolls of silk fell from Johnson's dress, and Wise tried to kick them away with her loot. A policeman was sent for, and the prisoners were given into custody. Mr Holdsworth said he could not struggle against this evidence s and The jury found both prisoners guilty. The prisoner Johnson was then further indicted for having been previously convicted of felony, which she protested was false, as at the time she was in her confinement. Mrs Howe, warder at the Westminster House of Correc tion, said she knew that both prisoners had been in that prison, and more than once, and she asked that they might be remanded to allow her to make inquiries. Matilda Taw, 48, and Matilda Taw, 14, mother and daughter, were indicted for stealing a frock and a pair of boots, the property of Richard John Aubrey, from the per son of Ellen Aubrey, and a jacket, the property of Richard John Aubrey, from the person of an infant child. It appeared from the evidence that Mr Aubrey was a chemist, carrying on business in High-streer, Poplar, and on the 18th May, two of his children, a bey and girl, one six and the other four years of age, were sent to school, but be tween one and two o'clock they were brought home by a gentleman, a woman, and a boy, who were strangers to him, the girl being without her frock and boots, and the boy without his seal-skin jacket, which they had on when they were sent to school. He gave information to the police, and afterwards on going to a toy shop, kept by a Mrs. Gallmay, he saw a little girl wearing his child's frock and boots. further was proved that aMrs Se , gar, of Oriental-street, purchased the frock and boots of the elder prisoner, who said, as she had no little children of her own, they were then of no use to her. The robbery was traced to the pri soners in this way :—lt appeared that John Biggs, of Frederick's-terrace, St. Leonard's•row, was passing along Lirnehouse-cut, and saw the children sitting on a bank cry ing. The little girl showed him her feet, and she had no boots on them, nor had she any frock ; and the little boy was without his coat. He assisted a lady in taking the children home to Mr Aubrey's, and these articles were proved by Police-constable James Posford, 260 K, to have been sold by both mother and daughter to Mrs Seeger, the latter prisoner stating that they were given by a captain's lady to a Mrs Penton, who had given them to her. She said that Mrs Penton was an actress, and was engaged at the music halls in the neighbourhood, but after a diligent inquiry no such person as Mrs Penton could be found. Inspector Be , re, of the K division, said the younger pri soner told him that Mrs Penton's husband sang at the Poplar Music Hall and the Effingham Theatre, but this turned out to be false. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. The little girl was then lifted up to the bench, and she pointed out the younger prisoner as the person who had taken off her frock and the boots from her feet. Inspector Beare said there wore numerous complaints of a similar nature made at the station house of the robberies of children, but since the prisoners had been in custody there had not been one. The Assistant-Judge sentenced the elder prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months, and the younger to be imprisoned for two months, and then to be sent to a reformatory for three years. The Australian Dick TuiTin, The last mail from Australia brings intelligence of the capture of the celebrated bushranger, Francis Gardiner, whose career so much resembles the descriptions of that of our Dick Turpins and Paul Cliffords that in sketching his history we seem to repeat their well known feats of 100 years ago. He is said to have left this country at its expense, and for weighty reasons, some years since, and shortly after freeing himself front control took to the bush, since which time he has been the terror of the traveller and the squatter. Like Dick Turpin, he had an eye for a good horse, and so sundry settlers found out to their cost. Though possessed of a largo stock of the fortiter in re, he Was by no means deficient in the suaviter in mode, as will appear from the following anecdote, which is doubtless not without foundation in fact :—Just after some of his most daring exploits, and when his foes were most on the alert, a certain Government functionary gave a musical soiree, at which a stranger of prepossessing appearance and manners made himself particularly agree able. Being asked to sing, he gave " Sweet Spirit, hear my prayer," with much taste and feeling. The party having broken up, all, as it was supposed, retired for the night. Next morning, however, a meet unpleasant denouement took place. A considerable quantity of plate and valuables had disappeared, and an early post brought a polite note, signed "Francis Gardiner," apologising for having caused some inconvaniono c to his hush, and inquirin g tenderly after the health of the ladies. Being once surprised and captured he effected his escape from his escort, shooting one of them through the cheek with his revolver. On that occasion he received two sabre cuts, which are said to have proved his identity in the case of his present capture. Having baffled all the efforts of the police and others influenced by the large reward offered, viz., £lOOO, he at last succumbs to a cleverly concerted scheme, executed with as much spirit as success. The following particulars are given of the capture :—lt ap pears that a party o f fi ve native mounted police, in charge of Lieut. H. J. Browne, on the march to headquarters from the 111‘lienzie district, stopped for the night at an interme diate station. Before retiring a message was received by the officer that a person wished to see him, who turned out to be a detective. From him the lieutenant learned that Gar diner was living in the immediate neighbourhood with a woman who had eloped from her husband at Sydney a year before. As it was said there were others of the gang with Gardiner, the detectives, three in number, feared to attempt the capture, and claimed the assistance of the lieutenant and his troopers. This was granted, and a plan was formed by him that the detectives who were disguised as geld-diggers, should arrive at Gardiner's store or humpy at a certain time next morning, at which time and place the troopers were to meet him. Accordingly, they arrived at the sceneof action, the troopers singing in chorus, a plan adopted by their officeer to disarm suspicion. They found Gardiner in front of his store, with four of his associates ; the detectives advanced, ion and the leader accosted Gardiner, asking a trivial question. by . At a signal from Lieut. Browne, Gardiner was . selz utinee, the detectives, while the troopers, suddenly covered the bystanders with their carbines. Lieut. dismounting, then calling on all present to surrender as prisoners on werel of instant death, handcuffs were produced, and all secured befo re th e fi rst s h ock of surpr i se wa s over. Upon searching the premi ses severa l ar ti c l es o f jewellery and £2OO t ined several in money were found, and the stables horses ; one of them, a remarkably handsomeconcontained animal has 1 :on identified as the property of a Southern proprietor, from whom it was stolen some months since. h After et , severe march of 100 miles through the . bush, under heavy rains, the prisoner le as safely lodged in Rockhampton Gaol, and, being brought before the local magistrates,wasfully for trial. It adds somewhat to this notorious. committed freebooter's romantic history that he should . have owed his capture to a ei-devant Light Division Crimean . . Officer, who was hotly engaged, and cc tine out, not undistinguished, from the famous Redan, and whose love of adventure led '- the wide field which the Queensland moss him to eft— _ In ridding the continent of this trooper's life presents. formidable bandit h e h as conferr... a benefit on society everywhere which there ,is n o d ou b t will be recogniseu. throughout the land. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—The rejection of Lord Houghton's amendment on the 4th clause of the Penal Servi tude Bill was a triumph of Doctrinaire legislation. The effect of this clause, as it now stands, is to make it necessary for a ticket-of-leave man to report himself once a month at a police-office. In its ori ginal form the bill required the convict to produce his licence on the demand of a magistrate or con stable, but made no provision for organised surveil lance. This did not satisfy the supporters of the Irish system pur et simple, and the precaution in question has been superadded to it. No licence holder is to change his residence without communi- I cation with the police, and if he fails to put in an appearance monthly he is guilty of a misdemeanour. To doubt that the enforcement of such a condition will interfere with his gaining an honest livelihood would be absurd. It is not, as Lord Carnarvon seems to suppose, that the police might in some instances warn employers against engaging a gaol bird, but that periodical visits to the police office would make him a marked man. It is one thing to have been in trouble no one knows how long ago, and another to be stamped as a criminal fresh from prison and still under degrading restraint. Whe ther this is felt to be a disgrace in the country die. tricts of Ireland is another question ; in England, at all events, it is fatal to character and self-respect. Now the recovery of character and self-respect is not only the greatest blessing to which a reformed offender can aspire, but it is also the best of all safeguards against his relapse. The interests of society are therefore so far engaged on the same side as those of the well-disposed convict, and we hive to consider whether the necessity of pro tecting ourselves against the incorrigible is such as to justify the sacrifice of the well disposed. Had this issue been raised in the House of Lords, the weakness of Lord Car narvon's position would have become manifest. That position rests upon one ground, and one only, the alleged success of police supervision in Ireland. Lord Cranworth meets this argument with an emphatic denial of the fact In Ireland, to which so much allusion had been made, the police had never been employed to supervise released pri soners ; and when the Commissioners recommended, not without hesitation, that it might be expedient to try the Irish system in England, they did not mean that there should be what had been absurdly called police supervision, which would give no secu rity at all; but that the work ought to be done through the agency of an office connected with the convict establishment and employing proper officials for the purpose. It was of the very essence of supervision that it should be unconnected with the police." Candour compels us to own that we cans not reconcile this statement with the repeated ex planations of the Irish plan furnished by Sir Walter Crofton, who not only describes the duty of supervision as performed by the Irish constabulary, but combats the objections to its being performed by the English police force. At the same time, it is perfectly true that Sir Walter himself regards each part of his system as dependent for its success on the rest, and dwells with peculiar earnestness on the previous training of the convict in intermediate prisons, as well as on the enlistment of public opinion in his favour. What is mere material, how ever, is that the efficiency of supervision is found in Ireland to be in inverse proportion to the density of population. In Dublin it can hardly be said to be in operation at all, and that for the best of all rea sons, that nothing short of active and vexatious espionage would be of any use in a large town. It is here that the theory breaks down. When it comes to be applied practically, it is found that mere regis tration is no security for good conduct. The real secu rity is the knowledge on the pert of the convict that the police have their eye upon him, a conscicusness which might equally be brought home to him, whe ther he is registered or not, but which nothing short of espionage could render an effective check in either case. There is much truth in Lord Lichfield's re mark that an accomplished villain about to commit a crime would take care to report himself before hand "to keep up appearances." Considering how greatly the weight of authority in the House of Lords preponderated in favour of this view, we are some what at a loss to account for the result of the division. A more decided innovation than that in troduced into our police system was never carried by a majority of Conservative noblemen. Hitherto the detection of crime and the arrest of offenders have been the only duties of a policeman; hence. forth, the prevention of crime by precautionary measures will become part of his office. Lord Car narvon entirely mistook the nature of Lord Hough ton's reasoning when he scouted the idea of a ticket of-leave man having rights of independence. No one would think of maintaining that a man who is liberated before the expiration of his sentence can plead the liberty of the subject against police inter ference. The danger is that the police force itself may be demoralized by its new functions, and that some of us who have never had tickets of leave, and are never likely to want them, may be harrassed by practices which we associate with the policy of foreign despotisms. This experiment, too, is to be made with the hope of realizing objects which are much better promoted by voluntary agency. We give full credit to Lord Carnarvon and his friends for sincere though factious benevolence, and strongly suspect that a philanthropic fallacy dictated the vote of Tuesday night. This fallacy consists in attribut ing to police supervision the good effects which are really due to e - e kind and judicious superintendence of individuale. In Ireland it is admitted that the efforts of one such person have been the mainstay of the whole system. Our own experience of reformas tories tells the same tale. Iron rules of discipline and routine are of little avail without the word in season, the gradual training in habits of order and regularity, the nameless and numberless influences of personal sympathy. The discharged prisoner is a moral convalescent, and requires constant care and akilful treatment to save hiin from a return of his malady. Christian charity may undertake this task, bat the State cannot. As legislators, we can but provide religious instruction and every other means of reformation for the inmates of our prisons. When they are set at liberty the best we can do is to let theta mingle with the crowd and retrieve themselves by their own industry, and it is because it tends to defeat this end that the 4th clause of the Penal Servitude Bill appears to us so mischievous. HERALDS—The question which the Danes are going into Conference to discuss on to-day is a momentous one for them, and through them for the principles they represent in Europe. In form, perhaps, it is a small one. It is, whether they shall Cede the strip of land, some forty or fifty miles broad at the outside, which lies between the frontier which England has proposed and the frontier which the Germans demand. But it is only in form that the issue is trivial. No advocate less unscrupulous than the leading Ministerial journal would venture so far to defy the well-known facts of history as to maintain that the importance of a territorial dispute bears any close or necessary relation to the acreage of the disputed land. Mantua does not cover a very large space of ground, yet, after two sanguinary _ . 'and crushing defeats, the Emperor of Austria was prepared to stake again the fortunes of his empire in a renewal of the conflict with the victorious armies of France, rather than give it up. Calais was no enormous territory—yet we fought bard to retain it. Gibraltar can show no very imposing acerage t but as long as England can find a than or a shilling, it will never float any flag but hers. The importance of territories for which nations struggle is constantly measured not so much by what they are, as by what they protect. It is not the pcpula tion, or the fertile yield of any particular spot of ground, that makes the possession of it in a states man's eyes an adequate recompense for the sacrifice cf war. It is its strategic character which gives it a political value far beyond its area or its wealth. The strip of territory that lies between Flensburg and the line of the Schlei is of first rate strategic importance. The frontier propose d by English, and accepted, as their ultimatum, by the Danes, is one which it might be possible to defend. Better provided with artillery, and more thoughtfully defended then it was in t he last campaign, it might keep at bay for a considerable period any power which was not mistress of the sea. But the line which the Germans propose beyond Flensburg has no strategic value at all. It would be a frontier perfectly indefensible. It would, in street, be hand ing over the Danes to be the vassals of Germany, N o command t hat issued f r om the fortress ofe any R n• erm ds burg could be disobeyed by Denmark. Contumacy would be immediately punished by a raid into Jut land, which the Danes would have no power to resist. Nor would Germany be satisfied with mere o ou , would beget the spectacle iniquity e e e d t i a e e n l obedience. w e . successful dthe desire for f another, one add sp:endid r Denmark's utter helplessness would peculiar fascination to the enterprise. It would be a l • g orious opportunity for one of those displays of valour which Germany can only make .egainst an opponent who is ten times or twenty time,: her inferior in strength. There cm be very little doubt that if Denmark consents to accept an indefensible frontier, the respite she will gain will be very short, and that the Deno- German difficulty will score make its appearance again in an aggravated form. The Germans never will consent to be satisfied with anything less than the whole of that which they insolently designate as the "North Germa n Peninsula. Any a A p eace into which the Danes m a y enter now, that will (... 4 leave to their adversaries the opportunity of futur° aggression, will simply b e a d e l us i ve re spite. 13e demon of ambition h as b een awa k e ned in the sluggish Ger man mind, and it wi:l not ue satiated now with a scanty meal. Th e nation has re ac h e d that stage in its growt h will"' —ost dangerous for its neighbours It i 0 in is the precisely the - nme state as regards the taste for, France was in 1791. T.n„ ° foreign aggression as democracy has become power: an,' to make them Governments and aristocracies, fl ed, do its bidding slavishly. But it has not learned, as the French democracy has now learned, to a.Ece, a ,.. n 1 enough to terrify its own weaknesses, and to know the dangers .I,,"'t Nor v1 1 . 1 1„ " e, which it may be driven by its passions. want stimulants to keep its new elaving al b l ere There are many competitors for its favour. ho is scarcely a prince or great noble in Germany t he does not believe that he holds his position its sufferance of the many •headed tyrant and ch professor leaders, or who would not give up , alu hro to appease its wrath. Already M. Bisma rck conjured the storm which was gathering round 1.. by a dexterous app ea l t o its passion for corques,' t His example will not lack imitators. For Lc s il ; years to come it will be an axiom of G rm an sta t e e craft to divert the d a n gero us excitablity their democratic associatio ns , by p r actising uP° ° t bat new martial tastes. The idea, therefore, t e a Germany will sit down satisfied with ha r li iira mouthful of Denmark when the other lie invitingly before her is a delusion which will be ruinous if it is allowed to take a practic al S'- ieir In any case the Danes will have to defend t nationality in a future and not very distant n'e The only point to which their efforts cs a tiot usefully directed now is to take precautions i e leSS the war, when it comes, do not find them help and disarmed. If they accept an untenssad frontier now, they will certainly be overru n ' if that is the worst th a t can happen to t he T t ed they break up the Conference now' va e, trust themselves again to the chances of resist A a It must be acknowledged that the attitu d e to the neutral Powers is not very encoureginacei. them. The strange reserve of France, the g re e of ling cowardice of England, the curious tolerant b ßussia for the pretensions of neighbours wh ich , u3 are e so dangerous to her commercial exist en , c ;?ght, circumstances which do not promise, at any hopeful issue to the resistance of th e e 1 30 06 But things are as bad now as they well can if Ole there are many grounds for the belief Os' ; n oel war were to be renewed the attitude of the 11 ,1 e ast, Powers would be improved. In Erigland. , ::aierst it is not likely that pusillanimity of the n'il", - hich or the influences, whatever they may b e, ia . trsin overrule the Government, will be likely to r ':f the for a much longer period the impatiencej,liish country. The previous war had brought .1-) :Tthe feeling to the very verge of an explosion t on. moment when the armistice was agree d. wee K Probably if it bad been deferred for alic"r,e'aerc the English people would have forced their `'„T u ael e ment into the fray. The sight of a renewed s'ioed, between the same opponents so unequally r tl i a i n ier would rouse the same symp a th y t o a n equa l ; Ger' sity of fury. The hat re d o f G erman y and t ",..; littl e mans is so keen among us th at i t requires sre'J Tbs provocation to fan the feeling into a fls°2 e : Dane s constant hope that the d e li verance of th e ba r might be accomplished by peaceful nieaD p g for hitherto restrained the nation from Pr a es a t Of 6 Lw active measures. But w h en once the r re ali o peaceful solution is passed, and they begin t i . ° ; r ode r that England, after all her promises, is t° ""ers °` to abandon them to the marauding plund er o pls Germany, we eannot believe that the Engl i , e a h a P or l e will be false to the traditions of their 1)007, is tb° their country's former glory. At all events: p the last chance for the Danes. If they br eak ° be r e ' Conference (supposing their ultimatum to a f a ith fused), they throw themselves upon the g° ° eo ple , and the generous instincts of the Engl ish i P prs e : If they allow it to linger on till the sessl° l3 ) , - ,: t tically over, they abandon themselves to w k " t imid - proved to be their bitterest enemies- - tu e arais. , ' vacillation and the selfish perfidy of the v. Ministers. A Plate of 1001ovs added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. H a lf a mile, Mr Johnson's Antidote, 4 yrs, Bst 9lb (X 100).... (Prior) Lord Westmoreland's Wild Thyme, 3 yrs, Bst 21b .. (£100) (Mr 2 Duke de blorny's Columbine, 2 yrs MOO), 6st 61gban) (Watkins) 3 The followitg also ran :—Romola, Lady Fanny, Tailor, William the Tourth, Voltiguer, Eudora, Belle of the Ball, Prime MiniA r colt. to 2 agst Wild Thyme, 4 to 1 ags t T a il or, The three placed ran in front thr oug h ou t, A n tid o t e having a shale the best of it to the end, an d won c l ever l y baynßdae6nttetiocngl—k; t Lady Fanny, aft third ; the Chalice ct,lt was a bad fourth, Tailor fifth, Ane William the Fourth next. Tho others beaten off. Tae winner was claimed by Lord Westmoreland, and Mr Flentitg claimed the Chalice colt. THE MAILEZ PLATE,—Mr M‘George having complained of the followin; jockeys for disobeying orders at the post for the Maiden Plate on Tuesday :—viz,, Reeves, Lynch, T. Adams, B,tes, and Watkins, the Stewards ordered " That Reeve be suspended from riding till the First October Mectiig at Newmarket; and Lynch, T. Adams, Bates, and Witkins till after the Goodwood Meeting. BESSBOHOUGH, 1 1 1. Rous, W. G. CRAVEN. LATEST BETTING, THE DERBY, 1865. 11 to llgst Liddington (taken) 18 to lagst Breadalbane (taken) 30 to lagst Bromielaw (taken) 33 to lagst The Duke (taken) 33 to lagst Koenig (taken) 33 to lagat Christmas Carol (taken) 40 to lagst The Phemy colt ASCOT RAC:S.—The Sporting Gazette (limited) of Satur day next, Jung 11, will contain the best and fullest report of ASCOT RAfEs, with exclusive particulars of the Cups and Two-yearold Races, and Remarks by "BEACON." All the STORING, AGCATIC, and CRICKET news of the week, &c. Pre fourpence, stamped fivepence.—Office, 14, York-street, Cvent-garden, W.C. The Allied Deterioration in the Irish Breed of Horses, We have ben favoured with the following correspon dence between 3ir R. Peel and Admiral Rous on this inte resting subject— Whitehall, June 3. My dear Adniral,—Pray excuse my troubling you, as a steward of the Jockey Club, and most deservedly one of the highest aithorities upon all questions affecting the character and tuality of thorough-bred stock in the coun try,.with certan inquiries with a view to elicit an opinion from you as tothe breeding of horses for racing purposes in Ireland, to which your attention has no noubt been directed, from the especial notice this subject has of late attracted in the eyes of the principal supporters and patrons of the turf in hat country. That the bred et horses in Ireland has deteriorated is alleged to be m acknowledged fact, owing to the careless ness with regird to brood mares likely to produce superior stock, and to fi e dearth of good stallions, and it is a com plaint that Qrcen's Plates in Ireland arc all won by Eng lish horses, chile handicapping is put forwt.rd as a very bad principle in racing, and the great cause of the bad class of horse) being now bred, and it is urged that if, as formerly, in ompetition for Royal Plates in four mile heats, four-yr-old horses carried lOst 4.b, with a proportionate increase of veight for older horses, a great inducement wonld be given to breed and to keep horses of size and sub stance, and dus bring up our horses to that point of ex cellence which once made them the envy of Europe. Since 1679 or 5 Royal Plates have been run for on the Curragh, and so great was the interest attached to the en couragement to be given for the further improvement of fine breeds that is was proposed by S zr Wm. Temple that "for the honour of tbe winning horse /, the Lord Lieutenant or his deputy should attend with two judges of the field to decide all controversies, and with the sound of the trumpet to de clare the winning horses (two plates being run for at the same meeting), the jockeys of which were permitted to ride from the field with the Lord Lieutenant, and dine with him on that day and there receive all the honours of the table." The Irish Government is now entrusted by the Treasury with the annual sum of nearly £1,600 for 15 Queen's Plates to be run for in Ireland, and it rests with the Government to determine the weights and distance of her Majesty's Plate, to be duly reported to the Treasury in an official re turn of the speci a l application of the fund, and I wou ld more particularly alteration in the p resent customary regulations, w ith w hi c h you are familiar, f or competition for these Plates , an d more inquire of S ou w h e th er you c ould suggest any over, as the point has been raised, I would put it to you, al though I do not suppose such a limitation would meet with your approval, whether you consider it advisable or expe dient to limit th e entries for Queen's Plates in Ireland to Irish bred hors es . The whole subject may be expected t o give rise to debate in the House of Commons upon Class 11. of the estimates early next week ; and I should be very glad to have it in my power to give the committee the bene fit of your views on a matter which u nquestionably involves consideration s of national importance.—l am, my dear Ad miral, yours v er y tru l y, ROBERT PEEL, .Admiral the Hon. H. Rous. 13, Berkeley-square, June 4. My dear Peel,--I have received your letter on the sub ject of the deterioration of horses in Ireland, which has been represented to you by the patrons of the Irish turf as an acknowledged fact. Nothing can b e m ore fallacious than their statement. If these gentlemen sell every first class stallion, every supe rior mare, and ever y promising young horse, it is not sur prising that they h ave nothing left to compet e w ith th e third class of race horses sent from England to pick up their Royal Plates. When these patrons, instead of trying to depreciate their own stock, will go to the expense of buying good stallions for the benefit of their tenants at a reasonable fee, when by private subscriptions they collect tempting prizes to bo contended for by Irish horses, they will succeed in tho object required. No country can compete with the lillestone pasturage of Ireland (especially Kildare) for breeding the best horses of every description. At this time Ireland supplies the best heavy weight hunters to foreigners and English gentlemen, They are broup_•,lit up at two-years and three-years old by clever agent - s, always on the look out ready to give large prices. At the last National Steeplechase in England five out of tb.b first seven horses were Irish. An Irish hunter earric;s the highest price in every market. Good old horses ate therefore scarce in Ireland ; French or English money will buy them, True that of late years the Irish turf has not produced brilliant racers like L'irdcatcher, Harkaway, The Baron, Faup:: - ‘i a Ballagh ; the two last, owing to a wise Governm,nt, aro improving the breed in France. Last yea r U nion Jack and Blarney, the tw o b es t t wo. year olds, hailed alwayshailed fro m the sister island. The fact i s th ey convert t aio d as on a i t r i e o id n a n of their best h orses i n t o s pecie, and th en complain of the deteriorati on of stoc k . I n 1863 th e B r i t i sh Government gave to th e U nited Kingdom the 1,..-C113,t4i021 ori -6,5 f e ,z. r £,716 Queen'sa -2s Plates,. by a t a and in running horses the a eon n t Ton r .i t encouragement being £ 3 , 661 7s. to the bad. Th e i dshGo the yern famevnotugrievd country,esi £1 ,63 1 per e annum, magnificent the racehorse -tax is un known. They take a very different view of this subject in France. It is not possible to improve the conditions of the Queen's Plates as they have been laid down by tho Master of the Horse, excepting by trebling the amount of money to make it in accordance with the value originally given by the country. If the House of Commons voted £lO,OOO for 40 Royal Plates, we could increase the weights, and augment the diatance of the course; not that such additional onus COUNTRY MARKETS. MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. reJ deE i The weather has been everything that could •-elOOO4 during the last few days, a n d the growing crops a re fair l i unusually promising. Th e l oca l ma rkets have bee l , l , s tee° attended, and a consider a bl e amou nt of business ll'of done in wheat, at firmer rates. Barley rather dull The average quotations are as follows : q IO J l Wheat, white.. 5s 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s , d 3 Ditto rad. .0s Od to Os Od I Oats ..... 28 2d to 0 to t, At to-day's market LYNN there TUESDAY was a fair show o f ~s Ci ce e' which met a ready salo at about the prices of last Barley and beans as before. o t ;50 White wheat 41s t o 44 s / B ar l e y . 326 p§ ItQd .. 39s to 41s I Grinding ..2 6 0r,„ 0 Beans .32s to 34s I Oat s .. " 0 Small NEWCASTLE - ON-TYNE—YE:EmiI'. pie Wheat in moderate supply this morning, wit il _ e ltlo r , trade, at the cur renc i es o f t hi s day week. The "0° in Northumberla n d h as qu i te a settled appearance, 91,„100 wind from the west an d a warm sun. T he crops are remarkably well. 106 O a ' Averages—Wheat, 40 s Bd—b ar l ey, 30s—oats, HULL—TUESDAY. if of At our corn market to-day there was a moderate suff'falli English wheat, and farmers held for an advance °„`„ t ice°, is per qr. In f ore i gn t h e d eman d was li m ited, air %ire ° remain as last quoted. Grinding barley was more ina a lto for, but very little off ere d. P eas me t a s l o w bale, 6311 0 3 fine hard dry beans. Linseed dull. g 42s od to 44 0 3 Wheat.... Old white.... per qr . 4O/ 4 38s Od to - 4 Ov Old red .1) 6 0 a d t t ° 0 4 3 9 '3 O 0 ° a l New whit© New red .... ~ Barley.... English mailing . Od to ~z$ 0 , . Grinding 24s Saal and Oderbruck Grin Holstein din o. and Dani s l i 2 33 B ° 2 s ss O °C) d dci :, ti o °° 33(' , ; 11 i v O l l 22s Oddf° 13 Oats English', old Danisht .0 IS A_, wr r i c ee h dsl an iasnh g d e a l nan a d n d d D ß u i gch a,..p . ..... s .. t .. Beane ....English, old, per qr........... 4°4l o °2 d dicit t:i 341 , 34 : o °ll New pigeon 42s 4•A 0 0s Od to 33 , New tick Od t'' 4s 64 Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers ... .......... 3 3 2 3 : 't c .... , 3 ' 6 0 01 Grinding ......s Oat 0 34 , U, Tares ....Spring , i , n j Indian Corn 52s Ch l „',", - P " 0 Linseed, feeding 40s Oa "sb 40 , crushig Linseed cakes (Hull) • ...... .... 0 tfo° . i 9 :l 00 v O ° Foreign 5 0 oto 6 10 Rape cakes 5 6 oto Bones y a A t e n c lr h E r n o T n l i : E co m E m N p T ia li n - t A s , v o b i u d t m D e d u i c n i n a r e r s y : al -Wa D l tr g r; ltil Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which save s f Lf 4 tor t ' ''' perfectits c digestion, t other ou, r s e t m ro e n d g ie n s e , r i v n e v s ar s i o a u b n ly a c u ru re n s gs t , heln, or' heal tp,,y ener ry la of of u tr6he cieblood,tdCures refreshing sor:drceudr s oe l e r e eN p n , of f ie i mesbB;3l,te2illo6n a olv l t r . e g u n l ar e t c Y j l° 0: : 1 0 0 e aa ea Brehan, Paris, of a -iver complaint, wasettihneexgt3l:::artcYb4 years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all og e e rioll did estion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerabl e 1,0 11 : agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cur e NO. 1, 77 ,,ye 0 , Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of no A po dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescriba at from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, coug h, eorl6loll9' flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Ma r I , s „rtel', —Cure No. 46,270. Mr, James Roberts, of Frimley , thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, live)! ,Det'o meat, aob ~ andf extremepartial d n e deafness.—Cu s u -C e r i e n N d j o g . e4.7t aMatihss, j 1,00: j IN! W sp, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 54,816. Trri:, T.irits C a mpbell, Fakenham , Norfolk, "ot indigestion AO t ot dity or the liver, which had resisted all medical t reli t° 14 11 4lons.t—inus,arl .—Barry jj , 2 u s. B 9 a d rry . ; 21b., 4s. C 45 0 .. , 6 x d 0 ; . 7 5 7 1 , b E ., e l g i e s a . ; o ° ' n ' tio 0 I ; t-s tree t, to L a lso Fortnum and M ason ; and all Gr ocers and Ctie r° 6 every town of the United Kingdom. Births. tio ' cif° BEALE—On the 7th inst., at 19, Hamilton -terry of of W. L. Beale, Esq., of a son. rif e CAELdvmEauriLdEirc.—alyOnrlethy,eE7stqh, ofin s a t. s , on a . t Torquay/ ° le . 0/ i t e c o, e. HODGSON.—On the 7th ins . t, at 1, Cleveland-terra pap park, the wife of J. Grant Hodgson, NSq. ° f t ' hea p ' Turf ' g r(l el l ter. . 04 ~ o TURNDULL—On the 4th inst., at 33, Craven ID C.P"' Hyde-park, the wife of George Turnbull, 10 0 a daughter. C. Marriages. CADMAN—EMMINS,—On the 7th inst., at lien, lll -tor ilc er S. Cadman, of Burlington-areade, and Carlis,ietolll, Kensington, eldest eon of John Cadman, Sfr°Val/ 0.. d youngest daughter of the late John EraminSt 100,,;11', GREENALL—RAPP.—On the 7th inet at 81 1 , 111 itoa.'hter Piccadilly, GilbertS Greenall Esq. 'M.P., I/ 7. - 0 11 : 5 " Warrington, Lancashire, to Susannah, WO' of J. L. Rapp, Esq. l'i t ' Deaths. 4 it- vrf BAKER.—On the 7th inst., at Chelmsford, Vsse"; IP of Norfolk House, 3ad 4, Ludgate-hill Ore° ,PP Esq., aged 79. 1 3roa ed. BROALEY.—On the 4th inst., at Welton, Sopil„j a ged set t sister to the late Henry Broadley, Esq., 1%.1.r• /I IV' HARDY.—On the 4th inst., at Tendring 1-1.. ' Of irj .lO ic Hardy, aged 84. JAMES.—At 2, Lawn-place, Brizton-road,BeW iji Esq., aged 70. fte" ac e ' 69tD KNIGHT.—On the Bth inst., at 3, Cornwall-torrg:e gent's-park, Ensign Frederick _Knight, of 1 4 .., ~g a 2.. , Regt., fifth son of Valentine Knight , Esq., 4 ' 0 1// ' - \\TYMAN.-012 the sth inst., suddenly, Willieo Esq., 14, Clarendon-square, Leamington. 1 , 41 0 0 $ London : Prin - z•ed and Pt bilehed by WILLL4II4"- 0. 01 of No. 112, Strand, Printe r, at TuE SuN oe, Strand, in the Precinct of the a voy, the 31,11,1d1wx,—ThurEiciay, June_9,lB3o4.